Kyle and Elena Smith contributed to the support of their two children, Alexandra and Matthew, and Elena’s divorced father, Nick. For 2017, Alexandra, a 22-year-old full-time college student, earned $17,000 from a part-time job. Matthew, a 27-year-old full-time graduate student, earned $2,300 from his job as a teaching assistant. Nick received $12,000 in capital gains municipal bond interest income and $7,000 in nontaxable social security benefits. Alexandra, Matthew, and Nick are U. S. citizens and were over one-half supported by Kyle and Elena. How many exemptions can Kyle and Elena claim on their 2017 joint income tax return?

Which stroke of the four-stroke cycle is shown in the above figure? a. power b. compression c. exhaust d. intake

Mr. smith recently faced a choice between being (a) an economics profes-sor, which pays $60,000/yr, or (b) a safari leader, which pays $50,000/yr. after careful deliberation, smith took the safari job, but it was a close call. "for a dollar more," he said, "i'd have gone the other way."now smith's brother-in-law approaches him with a business proposition. the terms are as follows: - smith must resign his safari job to work full-time in his brother-in-law's business.- smith must give his brother-in-law an interest-free loan of $100,000, which will be repaid in full if and when smith leaves the business. (smith currently has much more than $100,000 in the the business will pay smith a salary of $70,000/yr. he will receive no other payment from the business.the interest rate is 10 percent per year. apart from salary considerations, smith feels that working in the business would be just as enjoyable as being an economics professor. for simplicity, assume there is no uncertainty regarding either smith's salary in the proposed business or the security of his monetary investment in it. should smith join his brother-in-law and, if so, how small would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it not worthwhile for him to join? if not, how large would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it worthwhile for him to join?

Archangel manufacturing calculated a predetermined overhead allocation rate at the beginning of the year based on a percentage of direct labor costs. the production details for the year are given below. calculate the manufacturing overhead allocation rate for the year based on the above data. (round your final answer to two decimal places.) a) 42.42% b) 257.14% c) 235.71% d) 1, 206.90% archangel production details.